Sadly he arrived very premature and despite a mammoth effort the little boy did not survive long enough to be fed his mother's milk.

Since then Laura has spoken out about child loss in a bid to break the longstanding taboo of the situation.

And late last year she was part of a group of women who successfully campaigned for Belfast City Hall to be lit up pink and blue to honour lost babies.

She said:"If we don’t talk about our children, if we ignore the very fact that they were here and a part of us and a part of this world, then the taboo about child loss continues - and I just won’t be a part of that."

Read More

"I'd no idea it even existed until we had Cormac. He was born premature at 23 weeks and two days and took his first breath at 9.03am on May 14.

“It was the most frightening moment of my life and when he cried it was the most incredible sound.

Little Cormac

“We cried with him and then the fight was on to keep him here. Sadly he didn't make it and he passed away on May 21. We will live with that for the rest of our lives, day in, day out. There is some comfort that this beautiful little boy who fought so hard to survive has helped two other little babies and I thank him for that.”